ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY II/INTRO TO ARCH'L HISTORY II301-251B/253B (3 cr.)Winter 1998

Prof. Annmarie AdamsTA: Rhona Kenneally

This course comprises a series of lectures, discussions, and readings on selected
topics in western architecture and urbanism after 1400. The goal of the course is to
introduce students to issues and approaches in the field of architectural history through the
study of built environments since the Renaissance. It is not a comprehensive survey of world
architecture.

Architectural History II, in fact, is the second of two courses; Architectural History I
covers the period before the European Renaissance and is typically given in the fall semester.
Architectural History I and II are required for students in the School of Architecture. The
class has typically included 15-20 students from other departments as well; they should
register for 301-253B (3 cr.), which is an accepted elective in the Faculty of Arts (and thus
has a different name, Introduction to Architectural History II). The courses are identical.
There are no prerequisites for this course (it is unnecessary to take AHI before AHII) and no
prior knowledge of art or architectural history is presumed.

Requirements: Evaluation is based on a 10-page term paper (50%), due March 27
before class, and a final exam (40%) given during the official exam period. No late papers
will be accepted.

Readings: The text for the course, Patrick Nuttgens'The Story of Architecture is available
at the McGill University Bookstore. Other survey texts may be useful for reference and
illustrations.

*REVISED SCHEDULE of Lectures, Discussions, and Readings:

Course materials require both a user id and a password. Questions concerning these
should be addressed to
dchan@urbarc.lan.mcgill.ca .
Study aids for first five classes. Web images for these are not available. Students are responsible for
all materials shown in all classes, discussions, field trips, readings, etc. relating to the course.

Jan. 7 Introduction to Architectural History

Jan. 21 Early Renaissance Architecture

Jan. 23 High Renaissance Architecture and Urbanism

Discussion: Renaissance Urbanism in Theory and Practice

Reading: Nuttgens ch. 13, 14

Jan. 28 Colonialism in North America

Jan. 30 Italian Baroque Urbanism and Architecture

Discussion: Sixtus V and Rome

Reading: Nuttgens ch. 15, 17

Web slides are available only for lectures below but you are responsible for all
materials for the course including classes, discussion sessions,field trips, readings etc.

If you are unfamiliar with architectural terminology, you may find it helpful to consult
specialized dictionaries such as The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture (edited by J.F.H. Honour
and N. Pevsner) and The Penguin Dictionary of Building (edited by J.S. Scott) following each
lecture.

Primary Sources

LB Alberti, Ten Books on Architecture.

C. Beecher, The American Woman's Home.

A.J. Downing, The Architecture of Country Houses.

A.J. Downing, Cottage Residences.

HR Hitchcock and P. Johnson, The International Style.

E. Howard, Garden Cities of To-Morrow.

R. Kerr, The Gentleman's House.

Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture.

J.C. Loudon, The Enyclopedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture.

H. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor.

W. Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris.

H. Muthesius, The English House.

A. Palladio, The Four Books on Architecture.

A.W.N. Pugin, Contrasts.

A.W.N. Pugin, The True Principles of Pointed, or Christian Architecture.

J. Ruskin, The Seven Lamps of Architecture.

J. Ruskin, The Stones of Venice.

J.J. Stevenson, House Architecture.

G. Street, Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes of a Tour in the North of Italy.

L. Sullivan, The Autobiography of an Idea.

L. Sullivan, Kindergarten Chats.

C. Vaux, Villas & Cottages.

R. Venturi, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.

E. Wharton, The Decoration of Houses.

F.L. Wright, An Autobiography.

Secondary Sources

*remember that some of the most important research in architectural history appear in
journals, rather than book-length studies. Particularly significant to this course are the
Bulletin of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (Cda), the Journal of the
Society of Architectural Historians (USA), Landscape (USA), Material History Review (Cda),
Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture (USA), Urban History Review (Cda), and Winterthur
Portfolio (USA).

J. Ackerman, The Architecture of Michelangelo (1961).

J. Ackerman, Palladio (1967).

J. Ackerman, Palladio's Villas (1967).

A. Adams, Architecture in the Family Way (1996).

W. Adams, The French Garden (1977).

GC Argan, The Europe of the Capitals (1965).

GC Argan, The Renaissance City (1969).

J. Attfield and P. Kirkham, eds., A View From the Interior.

EN Bacon, The Design of Cities (1974).

R. Banham, The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment (1969).

R. Banham, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (1980).

R. Banham, Megastructure: Urban Futures of the Recent Past (1976).

L. Benevolo, The Architecture of the Renaissance (1978).

L. Benevolo, The History of the City (1980).

L. Benevolo, The Origins of Modern Town Planning (1967).

D. Billington, The Tower and the Bridge (1983).

E. Blau, Ruskinian Gothic (1982).

A. Blunt, Art and Architecture in Franch 1500-1700 (1970).

A. Blunt, Baroque and Rococo (1980).

A. Blunt, Boromini (1979).

B. Bracegirdle, ed., The Archaeology of the Industrial Revolution (1973).